Negative Stereotypes In Movies

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“I 've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles.” This is a quote from one of the most well-known African American actresses in the film industry, Halle Berry (Halle Berry Quotes, Sucessstories.com). Most people aren’t aware of the rut African-Americans in the film and television are in when it comes to the roles they play. Have you noticed that most are placed as comedic or oppressed characters? There should be more diverse acting parts for African-American characters.
First, why are these characters not given more depth? Why are they stereotyped? An essay by Richard Dyer called The Role of Stereotyping explains that stereotypes are used as an “ordering process” by society to help make sense of the world around them ( Dyer 246) He also mentions that typing and stereotyping differ from each other. A “type” is just a characteristic one remembers about a certain thing and there are no modifications to it. A stereotype is when a person is based on a few traits and then this traits are hyperbolized to keep the character simple. This was…show more content…“she” is also seen as the nurturing mammy by taking care of a drug addict in Diary of a Mad Black Woman and orphaned kids in I can Do Bad All by Myself. Helen is considered a Sapphire in Diary of a Mad Black Woman by her insults to a man trying to help her and taking revenge on her ex-husband by ripping up the expensive clothes in her closet. April from I Can Do Bad All By Myself is also a Sapphire because she has all the characteristics. For example, she sleeps with a man for pleasure and money to pay the bills. The Jezebel character is acquired by Brenda from Diary of a Mad Black Women. She is Charles mistress and has lighter skin opposed to his wife. She is with Charles just for his money. The emotion of anger is normally use to drive these

Halle Berry Analysis
Halle Berry is an actress and a film producer. In the movie title “Extant” a TV series, she acted as Molly Woods. In this film, Molly’s career was an ISEA astronaut and a scientist who becomes pregnant after envisioning her former dead lover, but this discovery made him start looking for answer. Dr. John Woods was her husband. Ethan Woods was their son. Molly Woods is assigned for a 13 month solo mission aboard the Seraphin space station, (CBS, n.d.). The US magazine lists Halle

Were Watching God went from a reality-depicting novel, to becoming a glistering mockery of a movie production.
Oprah’s interpretation of the central theme in the novel did not align with that of Zora Neale Hurston. Oprah took a classic novel and made a film that completely altered the meaning interpreted by audiences. Oprah made the movie her ideal love story, instead of Janie’s reality. Rather than the movie focusing on Janie’s point of view, Oprah made it from hers. “It was one of the most beautiful

book. Throughout the entire movie, Oprah changes key aspects in character by weakening, strengthening, or removing all moral fiber in characters. She also alters every major relationship in the movie to further show these changes in character. By doing this, Oprah transforms Their Eyes Were Watching God into something completely distorted from its original.
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they're presented, they are usually given promiscuous and unideal roles. (Gordon, 2008)
Music also plays a role in the influence. Music videos that are popular among Black youth presents women as sex objects. (Gordon, 2008) Gordon found that an analysis between Stephens and Phillips. The very few artist who reject sexual exploitation of women are usually at risk of deduction in marketing and isolation in the hip hop culture. It was found that 84% of Black music videos have sexual content and 71%

suggest that in the African American context, new technologies exacerbate the perceived need for body modifications especially in relation to hair. The historical significance of hair in the African American community is extremely crucial in the analysis of body consciousness. Hair, although seen as superficial, has a significant symbolic meaning in the history of African American culture. Samantha Kwan (2010) looks solely at the overweight body in discussing body consciousness and deduces from her